What were Simon's comments after David Cook's last song and what was David A's last song? My power went off which meant my TIVO did as well. :( Damn thunderstorms.

Randy has made me sick all season.....

DC was very emotional at the end of his song, which was very touching. Simon said it was a beautiful song but the wrong song to sing on that night. He suggested he should have gone with his version of "Billie Jean" or "Hello" (actually, after hearing it, I realized I would have LOVED to hear him sing Hello again). DC took the criticism, but didn't agree, he said he wanted to show progress every week and didn't want to do something he'd already done.

DA, on the other hand, went back to the slam dunk and sang Imagine (he didn't play piano this time, though). All of the judges loved it and Simon declared the night a "knock out" for DA. (I really could have done without all the boxing stuff tonight too. I cringed for them both when they had to do that opening spot in the robes and gloves.)

I havent voted all season and I'm trying to tonight and I cant get through on the dang phones....

URRRGH!

I cannot get through either.

I've been trying to vote for an hour and a half and only got through once. I am trying to vote for David... ;)









































Cook, that is.

And I'm kicking myself for getting rid of Cingular/ATT so I could just text like last year.

I totally agree! I just didn't feel it coming from Cook! The first song was good, in fact I disagree with Simon, I think he by far won the first round. Though I really think he should have picked a better song which was a fan favorite, "Dare you to move" would have been nice!

Honestly, DA will probably win and get the record deal and sing until he finally hits puberty and his voice changes!

Cook will wait a few weeks, sign a record deal and do better than DA.

The title American Idol doesn't mean anything anymore!!! Daughty anyone?

And I wanted to add I was glad to see Ruben tonight. I forgot how much I like his voice, he really is a lovely singer. But I'm sad to see he's not taking better care of his health, I was hoping that would be a high priority after he won. :(


ETA: and for those of you trying to vote -- are they still taking votes? -- are you trying on a landline or your cell? I haven't voted tonight because I'm feeling like things should just take whatever course they will (though I stand by my preference of DC not being bound by the AI contract), but when I've voted in the past, I noticed I never got through on my cell but had a lot more luck on my landline

They take votes for two hours after the show ends in your time zone. I was trying on my landline and just kept hitting redial. I think the text votes determine the winner because the phone lines can obviously only take so many votes at once. If you get a constant busy signal, then it stands to reason that as many votes as possible are being recorded.

Last night the phones were open for votes for 4 hours. I tried and got through on my cell 7 times closer to 11:30pm.

The dancers are from Randy's "America's Best Dance Crew" show, aren't they?

Well, I'm flipping around to watch Law & Order, because this is boring me to tears. Just go ahead and tell us already.

The show doesn't come on for another 5 more hours here, but I'm definitely enjoying the live blog: http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/05/21/l...-results-show/

HI-LARIOUS.

OTW- I have heard that there are 2 blocks of time zone voting- one for Eastern/Central and one for Mountain/Pacific.... is there voting after it airs in Hawaii or do you all get shut out?

As to the others... i haven't even turned on the TV yet. Good Lord- 2 hours? Give me a break.

Cook with ZZ Top...YEAH!